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Gibson Well

The discovery of mineral water, and its reported healing powers, sparked an influx of health-seeking visitors in 1881-82. A flurry of drilling activity resulted in incorporation of the city of Mineral Wells in 1882, as water was sought to satisfy the booming market; so much so that no one remembers the order in which the wells were drilled. The Gibson well, however, was one of the early ones. Located at 705 NW 2nd Avenue, it grew into one of the largest parks and drinking pavilions in town. … more

Date: 1910?

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Vichy Well and Natatorium]

Found on page 66 of A. F. Weaver's book, "TIME WAS In Mineral Wells, Second Edition", the caption for this photograph reads: "First known as the Vichy Well and Natatorium, later the Beach, and then The Standard Well. It was torn down, and the USO was built during World War II (now [2007] the North Oak Community Center)." For the entertainment of visiting "health seekers", the Standard Pavilion offered a swimming pool, skating rink, dance floor with "name band" visiting musicians, amphithea… more

Date: 1910?

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Five Visitors to the Waco Cotton Palace]

Postcard of five visitors sitting in a car and posing for a photograph in the Waco Cotton Palace. The car is placed in front of a decorative background, and a sign hands from one of the car's seats, reading "Seeing Cotton Palace, Waco, 1910."

Date: 1910

Item Type: Postcard

Location: 31.545780 -97.134107

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis